[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  GROW ECONOMY, NOT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, the new year is an opportunity for Congress 
to get back to work for the American people, and that means supporting 
good-paying jobs and a growing economy.
  Over the coming weeks, we are going to hear debating of proposals 
that would put more people on unemployment support for longer periods 
of time. Frankly, Mr. Speaker, that is the wrong direction for our 
country.
  What the American people want and need are greater job opportunities, 
not bigger government programs. Let's grow the economy, not the Federal 
Government. Mr. Speaker, we live in the land of opportunity, the 
greatest Nation on Earth, a place for everyone. No matter what their 
economic or racial or socioeconomic background, everyone has a chance 
to live the American Dream.
  The policies of bailouts, borrowing, and Big Government only serve to 
threaten those opportunities. Rather than focus on expanding government 
programs, let's expand opportunity. Let's empower the American people 
to grow and build and create. Let's focus on bills that create more 
opportunities for employment, and let's come together to help honest, 
hardworking Americans realize the great American Dream.

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